IRN-CNRS RUPTuRS (2026 - 2030)

Rethinking Urban Planning and Transitions under Resource Scarcity: Indo-Pacific cities within planetary limits

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This 5-year IRN, funded by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) will study how Indo-Pacific cities address urbanization, resource limits, climate change, and geopolitical tensions. More broadly, it will analyze how these urban regions respond to the challenges and issues.

Co-sponsored by the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC) and the French Research Institute on Japan (IFRJ), the consortium brings together 10 research partners in Asia, including French Research Institutes abroad (UMIFRE) and Asian universities. This partnership combines expertise in urban studies, geography, planning, and environmental governance, facilitating comparative research on urbanization, sustainability, and resource management across varied territorial and socio-political contexts.

The project is coordinated Gabriel Facal (IRASEC), Elisabeth Peyroux (CNRS, IRASEC-CNRS@CREATE, Prodig) and Raphaël Languillon-Aussois (French Research Institute on Japan, Expertise France).

More information about this research project.